QUIZ #3

1. What lake (or lakes) is the LCRA and the City of Austin currently in discussions about because there is a proposal to lower the lake level by nearly three feet?
Lake Austin

2. What event will feature more than 250 authors in mid-October?
Teen Book Festival 

3. What company held its annual "tech conference" yesterday and announced a pair of new cell phones?
Apple

4. The main story on the Life and Arts section focused on weekly ritual that some UT football fans complete each weekend. What do we call their social gatherings before football games?
I don't know...

5. What major Big-12 university is currently under NCAA scrutiny for breaking rules regarding cash payments and other incentives for student-athletes?
Harvard
Answer BOTH of the questions below, please write at least a paragraph (3-5 sentences):

1. What effects are the current drought directly having on your life? Do you notice the effects and if so where and how do you see them?

The effects of living in a drought are pretty harsh. We definitely have to shut our spinklers off and can only use them once a week. And the heat is HORRIBLE, and we use AC much more often, which causes an extra expense.

AND

2. What do you think authorities should do to try and help this region of the country battle the worsening drought?

I think that they should send more water to the hotter states. And that they should allow us to water plants more often. I also think that we should be able to use AC without having to pay so much.